RE: Crazy story time! Are you ready for it?
Hi @topkpop, this post made me chuckle but not in the way you may think. It's totally disgusting and the fact that your husband found this in the bottom of his snack pot is not at all acceptable or funny. What made me chuckle, is that I used to work in PR (I worked for a charity so I hadn't completely sold my soul 😉) and I just had a clear image in my head of the PR person who is undoubtedly crafting a carefully worded response in 7elevens head office going absolutely nuts over this.
It's like defcom 5 in there marketing dept right now. They call it reputational management but what PR and marketing people should learn is that a sincere apology and investigation into shit like this is what the majority of people want. They are stuck in this loop where they are scared of admitting even an ounce of culpability because of lawsuits etc, especially in the states. Anyway, I hope you get some answers of how this happened and reassurances that this won't happen to anyone else.
p.s. I've seen people in Thailand paying top dollar for a candied Grasshopper 😉
I do know that people eat grasshoppers, my only concern was that this was a Florida Grasshopper also know as an Eastern Lubber Grasshopper which is known to be toxic. I hope I get some answers as well, to be honest, they replied back and told me to fill out a form which I will do, we will see what they say. I also plan to talk to the manager tomorrow as well. Thanks for telling me how the PR thing worked though, it was quite insightful.
Yikes, that Eastern Lubber Grasshopper sounds like a whole different ball game. I hope your husband is alright. No worries on the inside scoop on PR inner workings, I used to say to my colleagues, PR is basically creative lying. I like creative writing much better. I'm glad I'm out of PR, there's more to life than a paycheck. ✍